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Apache CouchDB <= 3.1.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Linux

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Databases

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Apache CouchDB is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

A malicious user with permission to create documents in a database is able to attach a HTML attachment to a document. If a CouchDB admin opens that attachment in a browser, e.g. via the CouchDB admin interface Fauxton, any JavaScript code embedded in that HTML attachment will be executed within the security context of that admin. A similar route is available with the already deprecated _show and _list functionality.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Apache CouchDB version 3.1.1 and prior.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 3.1.2, 3.2.0 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)